Hans Christian Andersen: The Dreamer of Fairy Tales

What's Their Story?

by Andrew Langley, Tony Morris (Illustrator)

Hans Andersen was a quiet child. He would sit for hours in the back yard, inventing stories for his toy theater. Discouraged from pursuing a career as an actor or a singer, Andersen instead became a storyteller. His marvelous fairy tales, full of jokes and magic, have entranced children since
they were first written.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author with this name on GR

Reviews

[Simon Omnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Filled with gorgeous watercolors covering aspects of Hans Christian Andersen's life, this small biography summarizes well the author's childhood, education and his career. Then again, I still felt that more details about his life could have been covered in his book (ex: his relationship with Charles Dickens, his storytelling techniques and his travels). Not only that, it would have been nice if this biography could have suggested at its final pages other volumes that covered Andersen's career, to encourage younger - but also older - readers of this book that would be interested to learn more on the subject.

As such, this book is a very good start to learn the most important points about Hans Christian Andersen's life. But one should not only rely on this book if the reader is doing a research on the author's life as I think that other books give more facts about this danish storyteller.

[Joy Gerbode · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting information for young readers about Hans Christian Anderson. Simple reading, but lots of great knowledge.

[Judith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful illustrations featuring Hans Christian Andersen doing impressive paper cutting (2009 edition)